up to date application checking application

April 1, 2009 9:48 AM

A while back ( months ago ? ) I heard on some podcast ( not sure which one ) about an application that would check the version of all applications running on my computer ( windows xp ) and tell me which ones have newer versions available. Does anyone know of any such program(s) ? Tried googling but the search terms I came up with are are too generic: "windows application current checker" Thanks for any responses.
posted by metadave to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo

(from googling app up to date version check)
posted by devbrain at 9:51 AM on April 1, 2009

Versiontracker does this. I've only used the Mac version but I've found most of the apps I use frequently will do their own checks on startup.
posted by birdherder at 9:52 AM on April 1, 2009

Secunia PSI. Excellent program. I run it on all my PCs.
posted by shinybeast at 10:15 AM on April 1, 2009

FileHippo also has an app that checks a good number of applications you may have running..
posted by MattScully at 11:00 AM on April 1, 2009 [1 favorite]

Seconding filehippo. It's free and small. It checks all (or most) programs installed on your machine (even if they are not running at the time), and some drivers. I usually just keep it set to run and check upon boot-up. It differentiates between beta vs regular versions, too.
posted by jameslavelle3 at 12:23 PM on April 1, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks! I'm now using FileHippo. It seems pretty good.
posted by metadave at 12:46 PM on April 1, 2009